2 injured in North Park drive-by shooting

Two young men were injured Monday night in a drive-by shooting in North Park, San Diego police said.

The two victims were with two other men walking northbound on Villa Terrace about 10:20 p.m., police Sgt. Art Swadener said. When they got to the intersection of Wightman Street in a residential area, a red four-door car drove by westbound on Wightman, and someone from the rear passenger-side fired shots.

One man was hit in the ankle and the other in the hand, the sergeant said. Both were transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, he said. The other two men were not hit.

The incident is not believed to be gang-related, and the motive is not known, the sergeant said.

Swadener said multiple people called police after hearing gunshots, and one of the victims also called police. Neither the victims nor anyone in the area reported seeing the shooter or shooters, he said.

The injured men ran, and one was located by police about a block away near University Avenue. The other man, who was found by police near University and Kansas Street, was "running for his life," the sergeant said.